Race and Social Problems by Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis
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Description This handbook explores imbalance in the criminal justice system and how police interact with minorities. It addresses seven substantive areas: economics, education, criminal justice, race relations, health, mental health, families, youth and the elderly.
Publisher Description
As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural inequalities continue to exist and thrive. Race and Social Problems takes the long view of this state of affairs, offering both multi-level analysis and a practical blueprint for social justice. It begins by explaining how race-related social problems have changed over the decades. This volume identifies factors contributing to their persistence in this century, most notably the central role of economic disparities in exacerbating related social problems and replicating them for future generations. The chapters expand on this knowledge by detailing innovative and successful strategies for addressing aspects of six major areas of inequality: Poverty: challenging standard American concepts of poverty.Education: approaches toward closing the achievement gap.Intergroup relations: enhancing race dialogues.Family and lifespan: programs targeting families, youth, and elderly.Criminal justice: reducing incarceration and increasing public safety.Health and mental health: promoting positive outcomes. Race and Social Problems casts a wide net across the most pressing social issues, clarifying both the immediate and larger tasks ahead for a range of professionals in such diverse fields as social work, anthropology, communications, criminology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology.
Author Biography
Dr. Bangs is Associate Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems in the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also Associate Editor of the journal, Race and Social Problems, which was started in 2009 and is published by Springer Press. He is co-editor of the forthcoming books, The Race in America Conference Commemorative Book and The Race in America Handbook. Further, he is co-editor of the book, The State of Black Youth in Pittsburgh (1999), and co-editor of 2002 and 2011 reports on African American Health in Allegheny County. He is co-author or author of many other reports on race in the Pittsburgh region, including Place-Based College Scholarships: An Analysis of Merit Aid and Universal Programs (2011) and Black-White Benchmarks Reports (1994 and 2004). In 1997 the YWCA of Pittsburgh gave Dr. Bangs a Racial Justice Award for his Black-White Benchmarks report. Dr. Bangs was also recognized as "Best Researcher" by In Pittsburgh newspaper in March 2000. Dr. Bangs received a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in Public Policy Research and Analysis and a Masters of Public Administration from Ohio State University.Dr. Larry E. Davis is Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is the Donald M. Henderson Professor and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems. Dr. Davis came to the University of Pittsburgh in the fall of 2001. He had been a faculty member at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri since 1977, where he was a Professor of Social Work and Psychology and the holder of the E. Desmond Lee Chair in Ethnic and Racial Diversity. Dr. Davis received his PhD from the University of Michigan's dual-degree program in social work and psychology in 1977. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Michigan State University and a Master's in social work and a Master's in psychology from the Universityof Michigan. His professional interests include interracial group dynamics, the impact of race, gender, and class on interpersonal interactions, African American family formation, and youth. He has received research funding from sources such as the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Davis is the recipient of the Chancellor's 2007 Affirmative Action Award.
Details ISBN 1493908626 ISBN-13 9781493908622 Title Race and Social Problems Author Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis Format Hardcover Year 2014 Pages 287 Edition 2015th Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. GE_Item_ID:137729322; About Us
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